 | The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
Release Date: October 25, 2011 The classic #1 New York Times bestseller that answers the age-old questionWhy is incompetence so maddeningly rampant and so vexingly triumphant? The Peter Principle, the eponymous law Dr. Laurence J. Peter coined, explains that everyone in a hierarchy—from the office intern to the CEO, from the low-level civil servant to a nation’s president—will inevitably rise to his or her level of incompetence. Dr. Peter explains why incompetence is at the root of everything we endeavor to do—why schools bestow ignorance, why governments condone anar...
 |  | Kneeling in Bethlehem
Release Date: January 1, 1987In a style that is reverent and faith-filled, Anne Weems reflects on the mystery of the Christmas season. Included in this collection are twenty-six new poems as well as popular selections from her earlier works, especially Reaching for Rainbows and Family Faith Stories. Capturing the spirit of joyful celebration, they can be used in worship services, read aloud at family gatherings, or used by individuals for quiet reflection. ...
|  | The Renegades
Release Date: July 19, 2012A catastrophic earthquake ravages Afghanistan, and American troops rush to deliver aid, among them Afghan Air Force adviser Lieutenant Colonel Michael Parson, and his interpreter, Sergeant Major Sophia Gold. The devastation facing them is like nothing they’ve ever seen, however—and it’s about to get worse.A Taliban splinter group, Black Crescent, is conducting its own campaign—shooting medical workers, downing helicopters, slaughtering anyone who dares to accept aid. With the U.S. drawing down and coalition forces spread thin, it is up to Pa...
|  | 1996 (English and English Edition)
Publication Date: June 1, 2007This fictionalized memoir of the award-winning author, Gloria Naylor, tells a story of a massive covert surveillance operation perpetrated against her by an official of the U.S. government. This domestic spying both destroys the peace and tranquility of the writer’s home and raises serious questions about the use of surveillance and technology by the government. ...
|  | The Faithful Dead (Hawkenlye Mysteries)
Publication Date: June 1, 2003| Series: Hawkenlye Mysteries An elderly pilgrim dies in Hawkenlye Vale. It is nothing suspicious, for he was gravely ill when he arrived. Meanwhile, Josse d’Acquin has a visit from Prince John, seeking news of a stranger, Galbertius Sidonius. Hurrying to Hawkenlye Abbey to enlist the help of Abbess Helewise, Josse finds she has a problem of her own—a decomposing body has been discovered, naked and killed by an expert hand. When Josse’s brother, Yves, arrives, the three are hurled into a mystery with roots that reach back further than the S...
|  | The Inheritance
Release Date: March 15, 2011Everyone has a motive, and no one is telling the truth in this complex mystery of deception and betrayal When an eminent art historian is found dead in his study, all the evidence points to his son, Stephen. He was the last person seen with his father, his fingerprints are on the murder weapon, and he was about to be disinherited in his father’s will. Stephen's guilt seems undeniable. But as Inspector Trave of the Oxford Police uncovers the stories of the five other people who were also in the house—along with the revelation that the deceased ...
|  | All's Well That Ends Well (The Arden Shakespeare)
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| | From Homer to Tragedy: The Art of Allusion in Greek Poetry
Publication Date: February 22, 1990| ISBN-10: 0415035996 | ISBN-13: 978-0415035996| Edition: 1 Examines the nature of poetic allusion in classical Greek poetry in every tradegy from the fifth century B.C. This book should be of interest to students and teachers of classical studies and Greek poetry. ...
|  | Thebans
Publication Date: April 1, 2004Following her award-winning Medea, Liz Lochhead has revisited the Greek classics and retold the stories of Oedipus and Antigone in a dazzling new Scots-inflected version of the Thebans. Lochhead is a poet, playwright, performer and broadcaster. Her plays include Perfect Days and new version of Molière’s Le Misanthrope and Tartuffe. ...
| | Complete Greek Tragedies: Sophocles I
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|  | Amor, Honor, Y Poder (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: September 4, 2007This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition. ...
|  | Poems of Love: A Treasury of Verse (Running Press Miniature Editions)
Publication Date: September 1993| Series: Running Press Miniature Editions This lovely, illustrated miniature edition offers verses by writers from Shakespeare to Margaret Atwood, celebrating the wonder of love. Full-color illustrations. ...
|  | Italian Architecture of the 16th Century
Publication Date: December 1, 2002| ISBN-10: 156898331X | ISBN-13: 978-1568983318| Edition: 1 Italian Architecture of the 16th Century is the last published work of the legendary Colin Rowe, the fruit of his four-year collaboration with Leon Satkowski, a Rowe student and author of Giorgio Vasari: Architect and Courtier. The book is a testament to the buildings, architects, and artists Rowe most deeply appreciated. For the millions of travelers who flock to Italy to see the art and architecture of the 16th century-subjects that captured Rowe's heart and challenged his fertile mind-this bo...
|  | How To Tempt A Duke
Publication Date: September 1, 2009He'd returned from war a duke. Now Rafael Daughtry was battling a force more terrifying than Napoleon's army—his family. Thankfully, his childhood friend Charlotte Seavers had agreed—reluctantly—to a bargain. While Rafe would provide her with the home she'd lost, Charlotte would provide him with a chaperone for his unruly twin sisters.But who would chaperone Rafe? For the feisty young girl he remembered had blossomed into a sensual woman—a woman whose haunting beauty and deeply kept secrets drew him like no other. Charlotte had good ...
|  | Artifact (A Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mystery) (Volume 1)
Release Date: August 28, 2012When historian Jaya Jones receives a mysterious package containing a jewel-encrusted artifact from India, sent by her ex-lover the same day he died in a supposed accident in the Highlands of Scotland, she discovers the secrets of a lost Indian treasure may be hidden in a Scottish legend from the days of the British Raj. But she's not the only one on the trail.From San Francisco to London to the Highlands of Scotland, Jaya must evade a shadowy stalker as she follows hints from the hastily scrawled note of her dead lover to a remote archaeological dig. Helping he...
|  | The Limehouse Text: A Novel
Release Date: July 4, 2006In The Limehouse Text, Barker and Llewelyn discover a pawn ticket among the effects of Barker's late assistant, leading them to London's Chinese district, Limehouse. There they retrieve an innocent-looking book that proves to be a rare and secret text stolen from a Nanking monastery, containing lethal martial arts techniques forbidden to the West. With the political situation between the British Empire and Imperial China already unstable, the duo must not only track down a killer intent upon gaining the secret knowledge but also safeguard the text from a snarl of su...
|  | The Cow-Tail Switch: And Other West African Stories
Publication Date: March 15, 1987| Age Level: 8 and up The stories of West Africa are about men and animals, about kings, warriors, and hunters.They tell about clever people and stupid people, about good ones and bad ones, about how things and animals got to be how they are. Some stories in this book will make you think. Some will make you laugh. All of them are retold with folk spirit full of generosity and vitality. ...
|  | Scuba Diving (Extreme Sports: An Imagination Library)
Publication Date: January 1, 2005| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
|  | Trolls, Elves and Fairies Coloring Book (Dover Coloring Books)
Publication Date: October 1, 2002| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
|  | Children's Fiction about 9/11: Ethnic, National and Heroic Identities (Children's Literature and Culture)
Publication Date: August 6, 2009| ISBN-10: 0415996309 | ISBN-13: 978-0415996303| Edition: 1 In this pioneering and timely book, Lampert examines the ways in which cultural identities are constructed within young adult and children’s literature about the attacks of September 11, 2001. Looking at examples including picture books, young adult novels, and a selection of DC Comics, Lampert finds the co-mingling of xenophobia and tolerance, the binaried competition between good and evil and global harmony and national insularity, and the glorification of both the commonplace hero and th...
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